News and Resources

Highlights from the launch of the Vulnerable Persons Standard in the National Press Theatre, Ottawa | March 1, 2016

These resources have been prepared by the Vulnerable Persons Secretariat.

News and Resources 2023

| Several Cases of concern: Medical Assistance in Dying & the Inducements of Social Deprivation, October 1, 2021

| Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Regime on People with Disabilities: Towards a research programme, July 14, 2021

| Open Letter: Bill C-7 is not the answer, February 23, 2021

| VPS Newsletter, Feb 16, 2021

| Download Failing People with Disabilities who Experience Systematic Suffering: Gaps in the Monitoring System for Medical Assistance in Dying

| Download Voices from the Margins

| Download the Supreme Court Reference Brief + Appendix A

| VPS News: United Nations special rapporteurs express alarm…, Jan 21, 2021

| Download the Open Letter from Physicians Calling for an Appeal of the Quebec Superior Court Decision in Truchon & Gladu

| Myth Busting: Bill C-7 at the Canadian Senate, Dec 16, 2020

| Press Release: Physicians Urge Protection of Vulnerable Persons Standard, October 9, 2019

| Open Letter: Advocates Call for Disability-Rights Based Appeal of the Quebec Superior Court’s Decision in Truchon & Gladu, Oct 4th, 2019, Prepared by VPS Supporting Organizations Council of Canadians with Disabilities, and Canadian Association for Community Living.

VPS In the News:

| Trudo Lemmens, Canada Must Learn Lessons from Belgium on Assisted Dying, January 30th, 2020

| Samadhi Mora Severino, Is Medically Assisted Dying a Choice if Persons with Disabilities Aren’t Given the Necessary Supports to Live, January 28, 2020

| David Roche and Al Etmanski, Feds Face First Test in Commitment to Apply a Disability Lens to Decisions, November 15, 2019

| Catherine Frazee, Canadian Leaders Should Defend Human Dignity in Life — Not Just Death, October 27th, 2019

| Ewan Goligher, Ensuring a Safe Society for All, October 24, 2019

| Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry, What’s Missing from the Conversation about Assisted Death, October 16th, 2019

| Audrey Cole, Standing Down, October 15th, 2019

| Trudo Lemmens and Laverne Jacobs, The Latest Medical Assistance in Dying Decision Needs to be Appealed: Here’s Why, October 9th, 2019

| Michael Bach, Supreme Court Should Weigh in on Assisted Suicide Ruling, September 17, 2019

Other Media

| Advocates Urge Better Safeguards after Medically Assisted Death of BC Man, September 25th, 2019

| Family Says BC Man with history of Depression Wasn’t Fit for Assisted Death, September 24th, 2019

| BC Man with ALS Chooses Medically Assisted Death After Years of Struggling to Fund 24-hour Care, August 13th, 2019

News and Resources 2018

| Download the Vulnerable Persons Standard and Compliance Update
| Download the VPS Frequently Asked Questions
| Download the list of VPS Advisors and Endorsing Organizations

| Towards a More Robust Monitoring Regime for Medical Assistance in Dying; Submission to The Federal Minister of Health, prepared by Advisors to the VPS

| The solution is assisted life': Offered death, terminally ill Ont. man files lawsuit, CTV National News, March 15, 2018

| Saying goodbye to Archie Rolland, who chose to die: 'It is unbearable', March 29, 2018

| Council of Canadian Academies Reports on Medical Assistance in Dying, December, 2019

Judgements

| Quebec Superior Court: Truchon Decision

| Supreme Court of Canada: Carter Decision

E-Newsletters

These e-newsletters have been prepared by the Vulnerable Persons Secretariat. Click to download.

| Collateral Damage: Medical Assistance in Dying and the Risks of "Suicide Contagion", December 6th, 2019

| Risking Legislative Mission Drift: Why the Objectives of Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying Law Must be Affirmed, November 29th, 2019

| Sober Second Thought: Canadian Physicians urge caution when contemplating changes to Canada's medical assistance in dying law, Nov 25th, 2019

| When Rights Clash: Balancing Autonomy with the Equal Right to Live With Dignity and Respect, November 21, 2019

| Raising the Alarm: Revisiting Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation Could Put Equality Rights at Risk, November 18, 2019

| Third Interim Report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada Yields no Insights about Protections from Abuse, June 28, 2018

| "Who Counts?" Disability Advocates Reflect on Living - and Dying - with Dignity, May 9, 2018

| Government Proposal for MAiD Monitoring: "Minimal Red Tape, yet Multiple Red Flags", April 27, 2018

| Two Years After Carter, MAiD Monitoring Remains an Unfulfilled Promise, April 16, 2018

| Respected Family Advocate Argues for Robust MAiD Monitoring, April 10, 2018

| "The Carter Compromise": Have We Found the Right Balance?, March 27, 2018

| VPS Blog Addresses Vulnerability, Monitoring and the Moral Core of Medicine, March 20, 2018

| The VPS Community Remains Vigilant and Engaged, as Pressure Mounts for a More Robust MAiD Monitoring Regime, March 7, 2018

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